Bale-tie



(No Model.)

W. M. JINKINS.

BALE TIE.

Pdtented F eb. 9. 1886.

Ilia as aranr WILLIAM M. JINKINS, OF BEDDING, MISSISSIPPI.

BALE-TIE.

QPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,932, dated February 9, 1886.

Application filed December 9, 1885. Serial No. 195,163. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. J INKINs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Redding, in the county of Webster and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BaleTies, of which the following is aspecification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to cotton-bale ties; and it has for its object to make a strong and substantial tie, as well as one which is adjustable, and which is easily operated and capable of extension.

In the accompanying drawings,which make a part of this specification, Figures 1 and 2 represent plan views, in one view the tie being closed and in the other open.

In the figures, A represents the main portion or body of the tie. This body consists of a three-sided piece of sheet metal, the fourth side being cut away, so as only to leave two lugs or flanges, d and e.

13 represents the auxiliary piece to the body A, and consists of a rectangular two-sided piece of sheet metal, having a lug at a and being pivoted tothe bodyAat G. \Vhen the part B is closed in by means of its hinge, the tie assumes a square shape, and the bands being caught in are firmly held, one by the solid portion of the body, while the other is held by one arm of the piece B and the two lugs d and 6. Should it be desirable to have a longer tie, as is often the case, the part B is opened out, as seen in Fig. 2. The band is held in place by the lug a. In this instance the strain will come upon the pivot, but this will be made strong enough to stand it. This construction makes a substantial tie, while, it

makes one that is extensible at pleasure.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by letters Patent, is

The body A,with its lugs d and e, in combination with the hinged extension-piece B,with its lug a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. J IN KIN S,

\Vitnesses:

J. A. THOMAS, J. H. THARP. 

